Microsoft App-V Job Trends

Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microsoft App-V skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 802 662 729
Rank change year-on-year -140 +67 -52
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 2 4 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.008% 0.023%
As % of the System Software category 0.032% 0.072% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £40,050 - £46,639
25th Percentile £44,625 £56,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £56,252
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% +3.21%
75th Percentile £64,125 £58,750 -
90th Percentile £69,150 - £58,252
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £57,500 £56,252
% change year-on-year -33.91% +2.22% +3.21%

All System Software Skills
UK

Microsoft App-V falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 6,328 5,566 7,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.33% 11.31% 10.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,397 3,346 4,378
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £73,000 £72,500 £74,144
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £93,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -

Microsoft App-V
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft App-V relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft App-V job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft App-V.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft App-V

Microsoft App-V
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft App-V over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft App-V in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V within the UK over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -133 2 £54,000 -6.09% 11
UK excluding London -137 1 £38,000 -33.91% 8
London - 1 £70,000 - 3
South West - 1 £38,000 - 1

Microsoft App-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 2 (100.00%) MSI
2 1 (50.00%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft